Forschungszentrum Jülich becomes adjunct partner of oPAC

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In spite of having a mere month left of funding the oPAC family continues to grow. The latest addition to this 35-member partnership is the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Forschungszentrum Jülich is one of the largest interdisciplinary research institutions in Europe, comprising nine research institutes in the areas of energy, environmental science, information technology, brain research, etc. Within the Forschungszentrum Jülich, the institute for nuclear physics (IKP) operates and designs particle accelerators. It main activity is the operation of the 2.88 GeV Cooler Synchrotron COSY – Jülich. In addition the IKP is also responsible for the design, construction, and commissioning of the High Energy Storage Ring (HESR) of FAIR.

Some key activities carried in in the field of accelerator optimization are:

  • Non-invasive beam profile measurement based on luminescence for high-intensity beams or on ionization for high- and for low-intensity beams.
  • 2-MeV and 100 keV electron coolers
  • Development of a SQUID BPM
  • Modelling of Linear Beam Optics for Accelerator Operation and Development
  • Modelling of Nonlinear Beam Dynamics for existing and future accelerators
  • Development of techniques for diagnostics of polarized beams
  • Stochastic cooling for COSY and the HESR

Activities for proposed future projects are:

Search for permanent Electric Dipole Moments (EDM) of light ions (p, d, ³He) in storage rings. In order to measure the EDM, the feasibility of a purely electrostatic storage ring with a 30m radius is under investigation.

Evaluation of the Jülich Short-Pulsed Particle and Radiation Center (JuSPARC), which will be an interdisciplinary center for collaborative research with ultra-short pulsed photons as well as neutrons and polarized ion beams.

Staring 2015 the COSY accelerator is dedicated to deliver beams for studying future accelerator and detector techniques. Although mainly reserved for the FAIR and EDM project, this gives a unique possibility of having a large scale accelerator available for the evaluation of new accelerator based methods and devices.